Production and distribution policy in a two-stage stochastic push-pull supply chain

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 609-621

  Ahn, Hyun Soo ^a   Kaminsky, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES;

OPTIMAL PRODUCTION POLICY; PUSH AND PULL SUPPLY CHAINS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 20544475686     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170590948477     Document Type: Article

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